Graphic 45- French Country- Birthday Cards by Moriah Macdonald

Bon Anniversaire Cards

Featuring- Graphic 45 French Country Collection

by Moriah Macdonald

Birthdays & anniversaries in July are very popular with my friends and family.  Pretty much every week there are one or two (sometimes four!)  Sadly, I usually don't remember the birthday until after it has passed!!!!  Sit down folks.  This time I am pleased to say that I have remembered two birthdays that are happening this week and have cards ready to go!

This Graphic 45 French Country Collection is yummy!  I knew right away that these papers would be perfect for the two birthdays on the calendar.  Can't go wrong with sunflowers, roosters, and pears for the folks celebrating their special day this week.  One is for a gal that grew up on a farm and the other is for a gal who started a soup kitchen at her church. 

Each pattern paper is framed with the same shade of burgundy cardstock to help make the patterns less overpowering.  The flower dies that come in this collection made for a fun extra dimension and those bees.  I love 'em.  Had to use them for the centers 'cause they are soooo pretty!!!

My words of wisdom for today- check you calendar.  Who needs a French Country card this week?

Here are some goodies to get you started!
Graphic 45- French Country- Flowers
Graphic 45- French Country- Abundance
Graphic 45- French Country- Deja Vu
Graphic 45- French Country- Provance 
Graphic 45- French Country- Banners

Joyeux Lundi!

Memories Card Set

Memories by Teresa Collins 

Card Box and Set of Cards designed by Anita Mulcahey

 Here is a fun set of cards that I made using this gorgeous paper line from Teresa Collins called Memories.  This is for a dear friend of mine who shares my birthday.  She is such a special lady and I always try to hand make her something each year and she is always so tickled.  This one's for you Jill, love ya.

Teresa Collins Memories - Flowers
Teresa Collins Memories - Ledger Cards
Teresa Collins Memories -  Subway Calendar Paper 
Teresa Collins Memories - Tags Paper
Teresa Collins Memories - Words
Teresa Collins Memories 12 X 12 Chipboard
Teresa Collins Memories 12 X 12 Stickers
Teresa Collins Memories Brads
Teresa Collins Memories Chipboard & Buttons
Teresa Collins Memories Die Cut Accessories
Teresa Collins Memories - Die Cut Borders
Teresa Collins Memories - Enamel Dots
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
The Twinery Twine

Bo Bunny Isabella, So happy to be Sisters card

Bo Bunny - Isabella collection

So Happy to be Sisters Card

By Lori McClellan

Here is a shot of all the great Bo Bunny products I got to work with this month.  When I get my kits, I am so excited to jump in and start creating that I sometimes forget to take a picture of all the great things I get. 

I love that this line has a great sticker sheet that is all about sisters.  So many great quotes and sayings.  I am also super luck to have the best sister in the world.  She is my best friend, true story.  It was hard to decide which ones I wanted to use, but in the end, this is what I came up with.

 

I cut out the scalloped frame and mounted it with pop dots.  Tied the pink lace around and added accents with stickers, buttons and chipboard stickers.  I love the detail in the paper line.

 

I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspires you to make a card for someone you love!\

Supplies

Bo Bunny Isabella buttons

Bo Bunny Isabella cardstock stickers

Bo Bunny Isabella felicity

Bo Bunny Cardstock letter stickers

24/Seven layout featuring Simple Stories 24/Seven Collection by Carolyn Lontin

24/7 layout 

featuring Simple Stories 24/SevenCollection

created by Carolyn Lontin

I couldn't wait to work with Simple Stories 24/SevenCollection ! At first I wanted to cut everything up, then I didn't want to cut anything up but once I dove into it and started creating I knew I was going to be happy with whatever I created with Simple Stories 24/SevenCollection!

Since the theme was about every day life, I decided to go with a few snapshots of my son on his phone as most pre-teens are these days! :)

Supplies:

Simple Stories 24/Seven Collection Kit

Simple Stories 24/Seven Layered Stickers

Simple Stories 24/Seven Expressions Cardstock Stickers

Simple Stories 24/Seven Brads

Tim Hotlz Tiny Attacher

Prima Marketing Rasp Tool

Thanks for stoppin' by!

My friend, My sister featuring Prima Marketing Lyric Collection

Prima Marketing Lyric Collection

My friend, My sister 12x12 layout

created by Janet G. Bagnall

When Charlie asked us last month what kit we would like to work with this month, I spent about 2 hours trying to figure it out because she has such great products in the store.  I eventually decided to use Prima Marketing Lyric Collection.  I hadn't worked with this collection before and am so glad I picked it because it is so beautiful and the colors are so gorgeous.  

It was very difficult, however, to use these papers because they are so pretty that it was hard to put anything on them :)  When I was going through the kit Charlie sent me, however, I just knew what photo I was going to use and couldn't wait to get started.  

My sister Elaine, is such an inspiration to me and just knew these papers and her beautiful face would work great together.  We are 8 years apart, I being the oldest, but we are so close that we have this twin type of relationship - I can usually tell when something is wrong on her end and vice-versa, even though we are 3 hours apart.   

I also decided to make my own flowers using some of the paper.  I have seen a lot of crafters make their own, but am going to admit this was the first time I have done it and it was so much fun.  I did get a little help with the spellbinders die cut, but hey, it's a start.

I took the word "friend" that was on a sheet of the decorative paper, cut it out and crumbled it up a little before putting it under her picture, then placed the "love" button on top of that and really like how that turned out.  I am going to start using a lot more texture in my layout pages.

Isn't she a beauty :)  Love you Elaine !!

I hope you head over to take a look at all that Charlie offers at The Hens' Den store, there are some great products there.

Have a great week.

Prima Marketing Lyric Collection brads
Prima Marketing Lyric Collection decorative frames
Prima Marketing Lyric Collection wood buttons
Prima Marketing Lyric Collection - Prelude
Prima Marketing Lyric Collection - Premier
Prima Marketing Lyric Collection - Overture
Prima Marketing Lyric Collection - Recital
Graphic 45 Signature Series Triumphant Red cardstock

Graduation Time Layout by Nicolle Kramer featuring Kaisercraft 75 Cents Collection

Graduation Time Layout

 Featuring: Kaisercraft 75 Cents Collection

Designed by Nicolle Kramer

Happy Monday! I hope everyone enjoyed the 4th and had a relaxing weekend. Mine was a pretty busy weekend. We not only celebrated the 4th we also celebrated two birthday's. My son Ryan's 20th birthday who was born at 4:05 am July 5th and my niece Emily's 7th. We had a busy but fun weekend. 

This month I get to play with the beautiful Kaisercraft 75 Cents collection. I love the colors and designs in this paper line.

The month of June was full of many milestones for my children. The prom, moving up and graduation. I created a layout of graduation day of my second oldest son Bret. I took many photos on this day and I know I will probably make a few more layouts with similar photos. I am one proud momma! Bret always struggled in school. His first grade teacher said to me, "Bret is such a sweet kid but school is just not his thing."  It doesn't mean he won't succeed in life it just means he struggles academically. This is not something a parent wants to hear. At least for me I wanted all my children to be great at everything they did. I think it was just my own insecurity. I am thankful he had all the resources available to help him and the school helped as much as they could. Bret was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the 4th grade. He really does have a hard time focusing. Sometimes as a mother one feels like its her own fault but I can honestly say we did put forth the effort needed to help him. We are not all able to be straight A student's. He has other strengths and that is what we focus on.

Some techniques used in this layout are layering. I am sure that's not much of a surprise since it's one of my favorite techniques. ;) I also did lots of tearing for distressed look. It's not often you see me use more then one photo on a layout so I went ahead and out of my comfort zone and used three on this layout. I like a lot of embellishments on my layouts and was also able to achieve that.

In this cluster at the top right of the largest photo I layered stickers, flowers and die cuts from this collection.

Here's another cluster created using stickers, die cuts and flowers.

Thanks for stopping by! You can find this wonderful collection at  The Hen's Den Store. Grab it before its gone.

Supplies:

Kaisercraft- 75 Cents- Sticker Sheet

Kaisercraft- 75 Cents- Collectables

Kaisercraft- 75 Cents-Farthing

Kaisercraft- 75 Cents- Paper Blooms - Black

Kaisercraft- 75 Cents- Penny

Kaisercraft -75 Cents- Sovereign

Kaisercraft -75 Cents- Tuppence

Kaisercraft- 75 Cents- Pound

May Arts- Solid Ivory Check- Black 7/8in.

Let's Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop 2013

 

 

Let's Celebrate Freedom

Blog Hop

July 1st through July 6th 2013

 

 

We want you to join us for a week of techniques from the Design Team at The Hens' Den.  Each Design Team member will be showing you how they made something and in the process give you a look at different ways of documenting such a wonderful day in the lives of Americans.

 

The blog hop will start on the 1st of July and end on the 6th of July.  On July 7th, we will pick a winner at random from all of those who follow the rules.   Here is what you need to do.

 

 

You will start here at The Hens' Den Blog then you will visit each of the other blogs:

 

Anita Mulcahey

Moriah MacDonald

Carolyn Lontin

 Lori McClelland

Janet Bagnall

Nicolle Kramer

Charlie LaBonte

Facebook Page for The Hens' Den

 

You will start here at The Hens' Den Blog. (leave a comment so that we know you where here)   Each DT Member will have the next link on their blog that you need to move onto.   You need to leave a comment on each blog so that we know you where there.  The LAST step is to go to our FB page and leave a comment about the blog hop. 

 

On Sunday, July 7th, we will pick one random person who visited all the blogs and they will be our winner.  

 

What do you win you ask!!!

 

A bag full of goodies from Tim Holtz , Dyan Reaveley and Claudine Hellmuth

Distress Ink, Distress Stain, Dylusions Ink, Distress Paint, Studio Acrylic paint and a hand full of tags to play with. 

 

 

You will have fun getting messy and inky, so have those baby wipes and paper towels handy. 

 

We hope you will join us and have lots of fun.